Description: A Mattress Makers Daughter by Brendan Dooley Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description In explaining an improbable liaison and its consequences, A Mattress Makers Daughter explores changing concepts of love and romance, new standards of public and private conduct, and emerging attitudes toward property and legitimacy just as the age of Renaissance humanism gives way to the Counter Reformation and Early Modern Europe. Publisher Description A Mattress Makers Daughter richly illuminates the narrative of two people whose mutual affection shaped their own lives and in some ways their times. According to the Renaissance legend told and retold across the centuries, a woman of questionable reputation bamboozles a middle-aged warrior-prince into marrying her, and the family takes revenge. He is Don Giovanni de Medici, son of the Florentine grand duke; she is Livia Vernazza, daughter of a Genoese artisan. They live in luxury for a while, far from Florence, and have a child. Then, Giovanni dies, the family pounces upon the inheritance, and Livia is forced to return from riches to rags. Documents, including long-lost love letters, reveal another story behind the legend, suppressed by the family and forgotten. Brendan Dooley investigates this largely untold story among the various settings where episodes occurred, including Florence, Genoa, and Venice.In the course of explaining their improbable liaison and its consequences, A Mattress Makers Daughter explores early modern emotions, material culture, heredity, absolutism, and religious tensions at the crux of one of the great transformations in European culture, society, and statecraft. Giovanni and Livia exemplify changing concepts of love and romance, new standards of public and private conduct, and emerging attitudes toward property and legitimacy just as the age of Renaissance humanism gave way to the culture of Counter-Reformation and early modern Europe. Author Biography Brendan Dooley is Professor of Renaissance Studies at University College Cork. Details ISBN 0674724666 ISBN-13 9780674724662 Title A Mattress Makers Daughter Author Brendan Dooley Format Hardcover Year 2014 Pages 480 Publisher Harvard University Press GE_Item_ID:161738703; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
Price: 97.99 USD
Location: Calgary, Alberta
End Time: 2024-12-26T06:01:36.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0 USD
Product Images
Item Specifics
Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
ISBN-13: 9780674724662
Book Title: A Mattress Makers Daughter
Number of Pages: 480 Pages
Publication Name: Mattress Maker's Daughter : the Renaissance Romance of Don Giovanni De' Medici and Livia Vernazza
Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication Year: 2014
Item Height: 1.5 in
Subject: Women, Cultural Heritage, Royalty, Europe / Italy, Sociology / General, Europe / Renaissance, Women's Studies, Customs & Traditions, Military
Item Weight: 28.5 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9.2 in
Subject Area: Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Author: Brendan Dooley
Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History Ser.
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Hardcover
